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Euro Cast – Xhaka on Xhaka

Bonjour, et bienvenue à la deuxième Euro Cast! In this week’s show Ed & Paul look back on the first round of games from France, where the hosts beat Romania through a stunning Dimitri Payet goal, England drew with Russia and Bastian Schweinsteiger scored for Germany. It has been a week of fine goals, some good entertainment and the odd surprise. And two brothers going at it without compromise.

This week’s prize is a print of your choice from the fantastic Cal Dilgart’sBelle Epoque poster series. Just tell us what’s the funniest moment of the tournament so far not involving Jogi Löw! Tweet Paul, Ed or Cal with your answer and make sure you use the hashtag #rantcast. Or drop us a mailer. Due to postage costs the contest is open to UK / Republic of Ireland listeners only.

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4 comments

Best player I’ve seen so far is N’golo Kante who might not have the physicality or pizzaz of Pogba (or Matuidi) but his positional play, anticipation, and energy are formidable. He not only breaks up opposition attacks but, rather like Makalele before him, he makes the team better by linking defence and attack with simple passing – and a very high ratio of completed passes, too.

No wonder Schneiderlin cant get in their team! Your description of Kante is what I was expecting from Morgan last season. I’m still hoping that JM will get more from him than LvG ever did and that it was the latter who made his first season with United so underwhelming. Could be wishful thinking on my part unfortunately.